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From the source: Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: N/A, N/A. The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.
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CO.ffic;MMemorl dum • UNITED STATES GOVERN~E, T
TO D. Ji. Lad/_ez_A(. DATE: August 2.v,f~
FROM A . H. Be}@
SUBJECT: SUMMARY 0-;J;;ERIAL
PHENOMENA IN NEW MEXICO 1:arbo__
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To advise that : {1) OSI has expressed concern in J
) connection with the continued appea rance of unexplained phen~mena
described as green fireballs, discs and meteo r s in the vicin ityμ~
of sensit i ve instal lations in New Mexico . {2) Dr. LaPa2 , Meteo r
Expe r t of the University of New Mexico , reported that the phenomena
Idoes not appear to be of meteoric ·origin . (3) OSI has contracted
with Land - Ai r Inc ., Alamogordo , New Mexico , to make ·cscientifi?ri
study of the unexplained phenomena .
NATURE OF PHENOMENA I
Obse r vations of aerial phenomena occurring within the
vicinity of sensit i ve installations have been reco rded by the
Air Force since December, 1948. The phenomena have been
classified into 3 general types which a re identified as follows :
1 . Green fireballs, objects moving at high speed
in shapes r esembling half moons, circles and discs emitting
green light .
2 . Discs , round flat shaped objects or phenomena
mouing at fast ueloci~y and emitting a brilliant white light
or reflected light .
3 . Meteors, aerial phenomena resembling meteor ic '
material moving at high velocity and varying in color.
The above phenomena have been reported to vary in
co l or from brilliant white to amber, red and green .
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Since 1948, approximately 150 observations of aerial
phenomena referr ed to above have been recorded in the vicinity
of inst allations in New Mexico . A number of observations have
been reported by diffe rent reliable ind ividuals at approximately
the same time .
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SEP 18 1950
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Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 271 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.